My cynical take on this is that they are manufacturing in China to save as much money as possible, and the manufacturer, even though he is in China, still has s

My cynical take on this is that they are manufacturing in China to save as much money as possible, and the manufacturer, even though he is in China, still has small margins, since he is occupying this resource-constrained part of the market. So he tries to fulfill orders with less precision because its much faster and more likely to actually result in a profit. That's not a cultural issue, that's because you are so cheap. Similar to the way people will try to outsource software projects to India for ridiculously small budgets, then claim there is something wrong with Indian culture when they get software that barely works. So, unfortunately, it seems as though the cheapest business people are also often the most racist.